New Hampshire Statutes
§ 560:17 — Effect of Devise, Etc
New Hampshire § 560:17
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title LVIPROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Ch. 560RIGHTS OF SURVIVING SPOUSE
SubdivisionMiscellaneous Provisions
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 560:17 (2026).
Text
Every devise or bequest by the husband or wife to the other shall be holden to be in lieu of the rights which either has by law in the estate of the other, unless it shall appear by the will that such was not the intention.
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Legislative History
GL 202:18. PS 195:17. PL 306:17. RL 359:17.
Nearby Sections
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§ 560:1
Making; Account§ 560:14
Waiver and Release§ 560:15
Upon Wife§ 560:16
Upon Husband§ 560:17
Effect of Devise, Etc§ 560:18
Effect of Abandonment by Husband§ 560:19
Effect of Cause for Divorce§ 560:2
Use of House, Etc§ 560:21
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New Hampshire § 560:17, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/560/560%3A17.